| Description |
ix, 194 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Pt. I. Understandings of Women's Leadership -- 1. Common Understandings : Leadership and Leadership Development -- 2. Visualising Womens Leadership: stereotypes and metaphors -- Pt. II. Gender, Women and Leadership -- 3. Women's Experiences of Becoming Leaders -- 4. Gender Matters -- Pt. III. Women's Leadership -- 5. Women's Leadership Identity -- 6. Women Learning Leadership --7. Reflections and conclusions |
| Summary |
"This volume is distinctive because it explores different concepts of leadership, seeks to challenge traditional concepts, and to explode common myths. In contrast to the traditional male, hierarchical, value free and organisational bound construction of leadership, this text presents an alternative construction that is female, non-hierarchical and underpinned and driven by values, rooted in community and beyond the boundaries of traditional organizations. This volume uses examples from research with leading women to portray that leadership is not a floating or external concept, but has tangible, social, cultural and political roots and anchors"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women executives.
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Leadership in women.
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| Author |
Stead, Valerie, 1958-
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| LC no. |
2009044236 |
| ISBN |
9781403998750 hardback |
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1403998752 hardback |
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